PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Kongo (ranked 5441 p4p, 6236 weight class) and Cesar Kongo (ranked 614 p4p, 654 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Kongo
vs
Kongo

188 cm
18
195
0 - 3 - 0

180 cm
25
205
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Eddie Kongo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cesar Kongo!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cesar Kongo closes the distance and pushes Eddie Kongo back into the cage.
Cesar Kongo tries to land knees in the clinch but Eddie Kongo avoids the damage to the body.
Cesar Kongo jumps guard but Eddie Kongo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Eddie Kongo managing to block the knees to the body from Cesar Kongo.
Cesar Kongo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Eddie Kongo pulls his leg out and moves away.

Cesar Kongo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Eddie Kongo is trying to break the clinch but Cesar Kongo has him pressed against the cage.
Cesar Kongo lands with a right to the head.
Cesar Kongo prevents the takedown attempt.
Eddie Kongo tries a body shot but Cesar Kongo blocks it.
Cesar Kongo should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cesar Kongo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Eddie Kongo taking a breather.
Eddie Kongo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Eddie Kongo fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cesar Kongo slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cesar Kongo fails to pull guard.
Eddie Kongo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cesar Kongo.

Cesar Kongo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cesar Kongo connects with an inside leg kick.

Eddie Kongo gets tackled into the cage by Cesar Kongo. Cesar Kongo maintains the clinch.
Cesar Kongo is trying to pull guard but Eddie Kongo has him pressed against the cage.
Eddie Kongo tries to break the clinch but Cesar Kongo is controlling the position.
Cesar Kongo fails to pull guard.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cesar Kongo.
Eddie Kongo jumps guard but Cesar Kongo stands there with Eddie Kongo around his waist. Eddie Kongo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Eddie Kongo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Cesar Kongo.
Eddie Kongo is breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cesar Kongo tries to land knees in the clinch but Eddie Kongo avoids the damage to the body.
Cesar Kongo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Eddie Kongo.
Eddie Kongo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cesar Kongo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Eddie Kongo's defenses.
Cesar Kongo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Eddie Kongo up against the cage.
Cesar Kongo missing with knees to the body.
Eddie Kongo tries to circle away but Cesar Kongo has him pinned against the cage.
Cesar Kongo misses with an elbow strike.
Cesar Kongo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Eddie Kongo managing to block the knees to the body from Cesar Kongo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cesar Kongo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cesar Kongo is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Cesar Kongo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cesar Kongo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cesar Kongo pressing his opponent against the cage.
Cesar Kongo lands a damaging elbow.
Eddie Kongo tries to break the clinch but Cesar Kongo is controlling the position.
Cesar Kongo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Eddie Kongo is rocked!

It looks like Eddie Kongo has been cut.
Cesar Kongo lands a hook that snaps the head of Eddie Kongo backwards.
Oh Eddie Kongo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cesar Kongo lands a good knee to the midsection. Eddie Kongo won't want to take too many of those.
Cesar Kongo unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Eddie Kongo! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Cesar Kongo is unloading with more strikes now! Eddie Kongo drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cesar Kongo!